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<title><![CDATA[Victoria\'s Greens State Parliamentarians Media Releases]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Latest media releases from Victoria\'s Greens State Parliamentarians]]></description>
<copyright><![CDATA[Australan Greens]]></copyright>
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<title><![CDATA[TAFE teachers pay should be top priority for state Government]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["The state government should concentrate on improving the pay and working 
conditions of TAFE teachers to attract and retain the best staff so that 
students receive the quality training they need and deserve," says Sue 
Pennicuik Greens Spokesperson fo...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=500]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Abortion legislation lacks certainty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has criticised the government for its mixed stance on abortion law reform.

"I personally support a woman's right to choose.  So do the vast majority of people who have contacted my office," said Ms Hartland.

"The Governmen...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=498]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greens give 'qualified support' to abortion bill]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has given qualified support for some provisions of the government’s Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008.

“I congratulate the government for having the courage to include measures to ensure that doctors may conscientiously object to...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=499]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More spin, smoke and mirrors at Triangle site]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greens MP for the Southern Metropolitan Region, Sue Pennicuik said today that "News that the Port Phillip Council has endorsed a supposedly revised development plan for the St Kilda Triangle site is just more spin, smoke and mirrors".

"The revised devel...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=497]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burmese people mark unhappy 20th anniversary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greens MP Sue Pennicuik said today that 8 August is a day of sad remembrance for the people of Burma. 

In 1988, millions of Burmese people from cities, towns and villages across the country took to the streets in peaceful protests, calling for freedom a...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=496]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jeff Kennett's comments are beyond belief]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greens MP Sue Pennicuik has condemned the comments made by Jeff Kennett in relation to the sacking of trainer Ken Campagnolo in 2007 by the Boonie Doon Football Club. 

‘The comments made by Mr Kennett are highly regrettable and completely at odds with h...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=495]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's time for real equality - same sex marriage]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greens MP Sue Pennicuik today called for law reform to allow for same sex marriage and a system of civil unions that are open to all people. 

“This Sunday I will be attending the Equal Love rally and Midwinta vows to be held on the steps of the State Li...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=494]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Costs order against Blue Wedges a bad sign for democracy ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“It’s another sign of the sad state of our democracy that the state government and Port of Melbourne have pursued another community for daring to oppose their actions," Greens MP Sue Pennicuik said today. 

"While Justice North may have had no legal opti...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=493]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Victorian Greens salute Peg Putt ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“The Victorian Greens send our heartfelt thanks and very best wishes to retiring Tasmanian Greens leader, Pegg Putt”, said Greens MP, Sue Pennicuik today.

“Peg has been a stalwart of the Tasmanian and national Greens for many years”, Ms Pennicuik said. ...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=492]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dead fish in Yarra should mean a stop to toxic dredging ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“The dredging of toxic sediments from the Yarra River should stop until an investigation is carried out into the discovery of dead fish floating in the water at Newport on Saturday”, Greens MP, Sue Pennicuik said. 

"It’s more than a strange coincidence ...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=491]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dirty coal power plant one day, gas guzzling grand prix the next]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["The state Government’s announcement that Victoria will be lumbered with the Grand Prix for another seven years is unbelievable", Greens MP Sue Pennicuik said today.

"Following straight on the heels of yesterday's decision to sink $50 million of Victori...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=490]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Colombian Green Ingrid Betancourt - Free at Last]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“I am thrilled and delighted that Ingrid Betancourt is free after being held captive for six years and 159 days”, said Greens MP Sue Pennicuik today.

“News reached us this morning that Ingrid had been rescued along with three Americans who had been held...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=489]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Time to call it quits on Grand Prix]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“The Australian Grand Prix should end in 2010 before any more Victorian taxpayers money is wasted on it,” Greens MLC Sue Pennicuik said today.

“I can't understand why the state government is negotiating with Mr Ecclestone to keep the race for another fi...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=488]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Footscray transport meeting overwhelming success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Residents filled the hall to overflowing, even after a last minute venue change to a larger hall, in a meeting to oppose the Eddington Report’s proposed new roads and tunnels through the Inner West suburbs.  The meeting was called by Greens MLC Colleen Har...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=486]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eddington Meeting - overwhelming response & venue change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[EDDINGTON OUTRAGE REACHES CRITICAL MASS IN FOOTSCRAY
- VENUE CHANGE DUE TO OVERWHELMING PUBLIC RESPONSE

WHAT:
Anti-Tunnel (Eddington Report) public meeting in Footscray, organised by Colleen Hartland MLC.  Public response overwhelming, forcing last mi...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=485]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Call for boycott on shark fin dishes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greens MP Sue Pennicuik today in parliament urged all Australians to boycott all dishes and food products containing shark fins.

There is severe concern* that shark finning is the economic driver of the shark fishing industry worldwide.

"Shark finnin...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=484]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bring Physician Assisted Dying Into the Light]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BRING PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DYING INTO THE LIGHT

Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has called for physician assisted dying to be brought out into "bright, clear, shadowless light" in an historic second reading speech today in Parliament. 

"The bill provides c...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=482]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greens bill to stop toxic dredging]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Greens bill which seeks to prohibit the disposal of contaminated dredged material into Port Phillip Bay, or at any other time, was tabled in state Parliament today. 

The bill, which is the first Greens private members bill in the Victorian Parliament ...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=483]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eddington Report community meeting in Footscray]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greens MLC Colleen Hartland will hold a community meeting to discuss the Eddington 'East West Link Needs Assessment' Report next week. 

She has written to 5000 residents in streets identified by the Report as likely to have a detrimental impact from one...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=481]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kororoit is "a black hole for public transport"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Andre Haermeyer's comment supporting the east west road tunnel from 
Kensington to Collingwood further highlights Labor's failure to invest in 
public transport for the western suburbs," said Colleen Hartland MLC. 

"It appears his parting wish is for...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=480]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Elected Greens Victoria]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0930]]></pubDate>
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